Asia Vietnam A nationwide online competition on the Constitution was launched through a dedicated digital platform, allowing citizens to test their knowledge online; the initiative is part of a broader government campaign to improve citizenship awareness
Africa Burkina Faso The inauguration of the tomato processing plant in the city of Sya, economic capital of Burkina Faso, is scheduled for 30 November; the plant, whose construction work was launched in September 2023, is ready to put its first products on the market
Asia Uzbekistan UNICEF and its partners have made a call for reforms that provide children with alternative routes of justice, with the use of detention only as a last resort in Uzbekistan
Europe Italy With Sunday's Davis Cup win, Italy is the fourth country that has managed to secure Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup, the two tennis tournaments per nation, in the same year, scoring an additional goal for a record year for Italian tennis
Oceania Tonga The Prime Minister and his Cabinet must respond to the no-confidence motion by Friday noon, a deadline set by the Speaker of the House
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijani authorities waged a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign to empty Nagorno Karabakh of its 100.000 Armenians during the full takeover of the territory in September 2023, reads a report based on a fact-finding mission by watchdog Freedom House
Asia Tajikistan Eight former top officials, politicians, and public figures in Tajikistan have gone on trial behind closed doors in a pretrial detention center in Dushanbe on charges of plotting to forcibly seize power, calling for mass disorder, and inciting hatred
Oceania Tuvalu The Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Panapasi Nelesone, welcomed the Australian government's new Guardian-class patrol vessel, HMTSS Te Mataili III, as part of Australia's Pacific Maritime Security Programme
America Belize The Belize Senate unanimously approved an amendment to the Marriage Act raising the legal marriage age to 18, eliminating parental consent for minors, in a move hailed as a transformative human rights milestone to combat child marriage
Africa eSwatini The Eswatini Paralympic Committee has made public its intention to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics; local paralympic athletes have long been unable to compete because there was no local committee to present them, which now exists
Europe Denmark New figures from the house rental company Novasol show that more Danes, and Germans, are choosing to spend Christmas and New Year in holiday homes, confirming the trend of increasing interest in staying at summer houses during the winter festive season
America Chile The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Chile violated Mapuche indigenous rights by criminalizing land claims between 1989 and 1992, ordering the annulment of convictions and removal of criminal records
Asia Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death sentence for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leader, following recent arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court
Europe Germany A significant increase in corporate insolvencies has been registered over the past year, with +22,9% of insolvencies in October 2024 compared to the same month in 2023 according to the Federal Statistical Office